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Lawo mc²56

The mc²56 incorporates groundbreaking features from Lawo’s mc²96 flagship console, without sacrificing the identity of its predecessors

Product code: MC²56
Category: Audio

Specifications

Control Panel

Frames from 16 to 144 faders*

Remote stand-alone frames of 16 faders

6 banks each with 2 layers

100 mm fader + 4 freely adjustable rotary knobs or 100 mm + 60 mm dual faders + Input-Gain controller + channel display for each fader with sense-triggered change of module display TFT metering: mono, stereo or multi-channel immersive, including bus assignment, gain reduction for dynamics, AfV status, VCA assignment, Mix-Minus, Signal Patching, Meter selection, Automix state

GUI page output, e.g. metering, on an external monitor

8 user buttons, 4 talkback buttons and 4 user buttons per fader, with 16 functions each Optional: two integrated user panels (TC automation panel, 40 user button panel, reveal fader panel, RTW TM7 or TM9 Phase Scope), script tray

* With dual fader option

Signal Processing

40-bit floating point
A__UHD Core: 1,024 DSP channels (number of inputs and buses depends on A__UHD Core and configuration); immersive audio support up to 9.1.6; Up to 1024 inputs with A/B/C input; up to 256 busses HOME mc² DSP: 2,496 DSP channels; immersive audio support up to 9.1.6; up to 448 busses
Supported audio formats: A__UHD Core – SMPTE ST2110-30/31 (incl. RAVENNA, AES67) HOME mc² DSP – SMPTE ST2110-30 (incl. RAVENNA, AES67), NDI, SRT and Dante*; Up to 256 AUX busses, up to 96 groups, 96 sums, up to 128 VCA groups with metering, 256 GP channels
A__UHD Core: up to 32 Automix groups per virtual A__UHD Core mixer HOME mc² DSP: up to 32 infinite Automix groups; 3D multichannel downmixing for all supported immersive channel counts; Rapid switching of channel and bus to mono / stereo / surround
2 AFL: 1 immersive audio, 1 stereo 2 PFL: stereo; Audio-follows-Video with 256 events, control via Ember+, GPI or matrix connection, envelope up to 10s fade time; Solo In Place
5 independent dynamics modules: expander, gate, compressor (incl. parallel compression), limiter, de-esser; image, meter, direct out; multi-channel processing; Adjustable INPUT, PF, AF, DIROUT, TRACK meter point in channel display; Loudness metering according to EBU R128 and ATSC A/85, momentary or short term in every channel, integrated measurement on sum channels with display of integrated LUFS value in headline
Modules (per channel): INMIX with MS decoder, digital amp, 2-band fully parametric filter, 7-band fully parametric EQ with 3 dynamic bands, real-time analyzer, 2-band fully parametric side chain filter, insert, delay up to 1800 ms – switchable units: meters, milliseconds, frames; AMBIT Upmix, available on every 5.1 channel, fully Downmix compatible; (*) Dante support for HOME mc² DSP is a future product development. For A__UHD Core, it requires a Power Core with a Dante card, which is readily available.

Audio Handling

HOME – Routing with dynamic support of network resources; Internal matrix for RX and TX audio; A__UHD Core stream sizes from 1 up to 128 audio channels HOME mc²DSP stream sizes from 1 up to 64 audio channels
A__UHD Core: Up to 96kHz, 24-bit HOME mc² DSP: Up to 48kHz, 24-bit; Downmixing from immersive audio to stereo; Integrated monitoring devices for remote locations, e.g. director’s room Internal loop-backs; Full Snapshot and production portability independent of matrix and DSP size

Waves® Plugin Integration

Waves SuperRack SoundGrid® and SuperRack LiveBox using new Waves ProLink API; synced snapshot generation in Waves

Interfaces

Mic / Line, Line Out, AES3, 3G SDI, HD-SDI, MADI, GPIO, Serial, MIDI, ST2110 / AES67 / RAVENNA Audio-over-IP

Stereo and surround monitoring systems

Headphones

Synchronization

Wordclock, PTP Slave and Grandmaster modes

Redundancy

PSUs, Network Interfaces (ST2022-7 Class C)

Control unit

Global A / B / C input switching

Enhanced mix-minus control with independent off-air conference

Fader control of all level parameters

Diverse tally and fader start modes

Program switch

DAW Machine control

Audio-follows-Video, up to 128 camera tallies, Ethernet or GPI controlled

Camera mic remote via GPI or voltage control

Remote Maintenance

Connection via mxGUI remote software

Software updates, error diagnostics, remote assistance

External Control Systems

Remote control of all routing, matrix monitoring units and channel parameters via Ember+ control protocol; QSC Q-Sys proxy in HOME, Remote Show Control using OSC
mxGUI: remote control via Windows® or macOS laptops; External Broadcast and Automation Controllers: Lawo VSM, EVS Cerebrum, Broadcast Solutions Hi, GV Ignite, Ross Overdrive & Acuity, Vizrt Viz Mosart, and others

Specification from Lawo